THEMES & TOPICS

Keynote lectures taken by Christoph Paech and Julian Liehnard

In the session, future frontiers of tensile membrane structures will be explored thanks to the involvement of a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The concept of lightness will shift its essence from vision to necessity, from shape to matter, while lightweight structures will have to become fully energy-saving, efficiently load-bearing and, last but not least, carrying on novel concepts of beauty, flexible functions and adaptive structures.
The key topics of the session are:
- Structural Lightness: form-finding, structural analysis, design and optimization, construction phases;
- Structural efficiency: “doing more with less”;
- New materials, unpredictable shapes: identifying reliable structures;
- Metal free structures, hybrid structures;
- Detailing and installation.
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two different parallel sessions:

1.1. DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SOFT STRUCTURES

1.2. AIR-SUPPORTED & PNEUMATIC STRUCTURES.
Keynote lecture taken by Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Neven Sidor and Norihide Imagawa

The session will focus on the pivotal role of designing, manufacturing and building architectures, structures and landscapes and their impacts on global sustainability challenges. The main goal of the second day symposium is to draw the attention to the quality measurement of current and future lightweight constructions in terms of environmental efficiency, user’s comfort, materials, building products’ durability and end-life scenarios.
The key topics of the session are:
- Weight reduction opportunities in design and manufacture;
- Material selection strategies in lightweight industry and in lightweight construction;
- Standard regulation and sustainability targets for the next textile architecture;
- Production methods and challenges faced throughout the process;
- Environmental product declaration and Life Cycle Assessment methodology.
While in the afternoon, one parallel session will precede an open talk session:

2.1. PERFORMANCES & RELIABILITY OF SOFT MATERIALS

2.2. TOWARDS NEW MATERIALITIES & SOFT SPACES.
Keynote lectures taken by Jan Knippers and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

The last day of the symposium will be devoted to the crucial and challenging topic of living structures. We have been long wishing for unwoven, seamless, elastic and durable materials, such as natural fleeces and thin shells. Further basic researches and outstanding practices are leading the development of novel resilient structures and adaptive skins, which will be able to perform the next generation of human constructions. The key topics of the session are:
- Novel aesthetics
- Material and light effects
- Designing with advanced lightweight materials
- Solar design and daylighting optimization
- Energy active skins
- Energy/thermal management
- Sound insulation
- Detailing and installation
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two parallel sessions:

3.1. SOFT SKINS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

3.2. THERMAL, OPTICAL & ACOUSTIC COMFORT.

Keynote lectures taken by: Christoph Paech and Julian Liehnard.

In the session, future frontiers of tensile membrane structures will be explored thanks to the involvement of a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The concept of lightness will shift its essence from vision to necessity, from shape to matter, while lightweight structures will have to become fully energy-saving, efficiently load-bearing and, last but not least, carrying on novel concepts of beauty, flexible functions and adaptive structures.
The key topics of the session are:
- Structural Lightness: form-finding, structural analysis, design and optimization, construction phases;
- Structural efficiency: “doing more with less”;
- New materials, unpredictable shapes: identifying reliable structures;
- Metal free structures, hybrid structures;
- Detailing and installation.
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two different parallel sessions:

1.1. DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SOFT STRUCTURES

1.2. DEMOUNTABLE STRUCTURES
Keynote lecture taken by Neven Sidor, Maibritt Pedersen Zari and Norihide Imagawa.

The session will focus on the pivotal role of designing, manufacturing and building architectures, structures and landscapes and their impacts on global sustainability challenges. The main goal of the second day symposium is to draw the attention to the quality measurement of current and future lightweight constructions in terms of environmental efficiency, user’s comfort, materials, building products’ durability and end-life scenarios.
The key topics of the session are:
- Weight reduction opportunities in design and manufacture;
- Material selection strategies in lightweight industry and in lightweight construction;
- Standard regulation and sustainability targets for the next textile architecture;
- Production methods and challenges faced throughout the process;
- Environmental product declaration and Life Cycle Assessment methodology.
While in the afternoon, one parallel session will precede an open talk session:

2.1. PERFORMANCES & RELIABILITY OF SOFT MATERIALS

2.2. TOWARDS NEW MATERIALITIES & SOFT SPACES
The last day of the symposium will be devoted to the crucial and challenging topic of living structures. We have been long wishing for unwoven, seamless, elastic and durable materials, such as natural fleeces and thin shells. Further basic researches and outstanding practices are leading the development of novel resilient structures and adaptive skins, which will be able to perform the next generation of human constructions. The key topics of the session are:
- Novel aesthetics
- Material and light effects
- Designing with advanced lightweight materials
- Solar design and daylighting optimization
- Energy active skins
- Energy/thermal management
- Sound insulation
- Detailing and installation
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two parallel sessions:

3.1. SOFT SKINS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

3.2. THERMAL, OPTICAL & ACOUSTIC COMFORT

Keynote lectures taken by Christoph Paech and Julian Liehnard.

In the session, future frontiers of tensile membrane structures will be explored thanks to the involvement of a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The concept of lightness will shift its essence from vision to necessity, from shape to matter, while lightweight structures will have to become fully energy-saving, efficiently load-bearing and, last but not least, carrying on novel concepts of beauty, flexible functions and adaptive structures.
The key topics of the session are:
- Structural Lightness: form-finding, structural analysis, design and optimization, construction phases;
- Structural efficiency: “doing more with less”;
- New materials, unpredictable shapes: identifying reliable structures;
- Metal free structures, hybrid structures;
- Detailing and installation.
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two different parallel sessions:

1.1. DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SOFT STRUCTURES

1.2. DEMOUNTABLE STRUCTURES.
Keynote lecture taken by Neven Sidor, Maibritt Pedersen Zari and Norihide Imagawa

The session will focus on the pivotal role of designing, manufacturing and building architectures, structures and landscapes and their impacts on global sustainability challenges. The main goal of the second day symposium is to draw the attention to the quality measurement of current and future lightweight constructions in terms of environmental efficiency, user’s comfort, materials, building products’ durability and end-life scenarios.
The key topics of the session are:
- Weight reduction opportunities in design and manufacture;
- Material selection strategies in lightweight industry and in lightweight construction;
- Standard regulation and sustainability targets for the next textile architecture;
- Production methods and challenges faced throughout the process;
- Environmental product declaration and Life Cycle Assessment methodology.
While in the afternoon, one parallel session will precede an open talk session:

2.1. PERFORMANCES & RELIABILITY OF SOFT MATERIALS

2.2. TOWARDS NEW MATERIALITIES & SOFT SPACES.
Keynote lectures taken by Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen and Jan Knippers

The last day of the symposium will be devoted to the crucial and challenging topic of living structures. We have been long wishing for unwoven, seamless, elastic and durable materials, such as natural fleeces and thin shells. Further basic researches and outstanding practices are leading the development of novel resilient structures and adaptive skins, which will be able to perform the next generation of human constructions. The key topics of the session are:
- Novel aesthetics
- Material and light effects
- Designing with advanced lightweight materials
- Solar design and daylighting optimization
- Energy active skins
- Energy/thermal management
- Sound insulation
- Detailing and installation
The following main topics will be unfolded during the afternoon in two parallel sessions:

3.1. SOFT SKIN FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

3.2. THERMAL, OPTICAL & ACOUSTIC COMFORT.

The three plenary sessions will envision new ways for softening the habitats thanks to inspiring keynote topics, disruptive mind-sets and design methodologies, innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing in the field of social and environmental sciences, of engineering and construction.

The TensiNet 2019 parallel sessions and open talk aim to develop synergies among all experts of the sector, who will be united to redefine the aesthetic and functional principles of today’s and tomorrow’s textile architecture.

The three plenary sessions will envision new ways for softening the habitats thanks to inspiring keynote topics, disruptive mind-sets and design methodologies, innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing in the field of social and environmental sciences, of engineering and construction.

The TensiNet 2019 parallel sessions and open talk aim to develop synergies among all experts of the sector, who will be united to redefine the aesthetic and functional principles of today’s and tomorrow’s textile architecture.